Women’s Land Army

The Government, mindful of food shortages in WWI and realising that war was a possibility, decided in early 1939 to be prepared. A call was made for women workers in the Land Army. They would be expected to help with all types of farm work.

A recruitment poster for the Land Army

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This talk looks at the life of those working in the Women’s Land Army: the jobs they were expected to do and their own thoughts on their work and recreation.